1 Writing Across the Curriculum Assignment NURS 2115 Spring 2020 Instructions for this assignment: Step 1- Please choose one article on sepsis/septic shock. The article should be from a scholarly source, should not be older than 5 years, and should not be one of the articles posted in the course. Step 2- Compose a 2-3 page (excluding the title page and reference page) scholarly paper to include the following: a. Summarize your chosen article in one-two paragraphs. b. Summarize the following: I. Etiology II. Clinical manifestations III. Diagnostics IV. Appropriate medical management V. Nursing interventions VI. Patient teaching to prevent sepsis/septic shock c. Explain why sepsis/septic shock is the leading cause of death in noncoronary ICU patients. d. Discuss how sepsis contributes to multi-organ failure. Step 3- Ensure paper adheres to the following guidelines: a. Word document b. APA format c. Arial or Times New Roman d. Size 12 font e. Includes a title page f. Includes a reference page (minimum of 3 references) g. 2-3 page scholarly paper (excluding title and reference pages) h. Attach a copy of the article you summarized i. Title page should include: I. Writing Across the Curriculum Assignment II. Title of the article you summarized III. Your name IV. NURS 2115 Adult Health III V. Date 2 Step 4- Submit your paper to Turnitin.com and print out the results. Attach a copy of the results to your paper. Ensure the results are 15% or less. All quotes must be in quotation marks and include the page or paragraph number. Anytime you copy word for word from an author, you must place those words in quotation marks and cite the page number—no exceptions. Use no more than 2 of the exact same words in a row as your guide. The Turnitin system gives the student and instructor a number of the percentage of the entire paper that has been copied/plagiarized material. The instructor checks the citation to see if the information is indeed copied/plagiarized. NO PLAGIARISM IS ACCEPTED. Grading Criteria: This required assignment will count as your Writing Across the Curriculum for this semester. This also constitutes a portion of your clinical assignment/hours. Any student not completing will receive a clinical incomplete for this course. Sepsis/Septic Shock Writing Assignment

Please see attached rubric. Learning Outcomes assessed: Evidence based practice: Use best current evidence, expert opinion, and clinical expertise as a basis for nursing practice and clinical judgment. Patient education: Develop and implement health related education to patients that will facilitate their acquisition and reinforcement of knowledge and skills, adoption of new behaviors, and modification of attitudes. Due Dates: See course calendar 3 Writing Across Curriculum Rubric: Grading Criteria: This required assignment will count as your Writing Across the Curriculum for this semester. This also constitutes a portion of your clinical assignment/hours. Any student not completing will receive a clinical incomplete for this course. A score of 16 of 20 points will be considered satisfactory for this assignment. You should have at minimum 3 references, current and within 5 years in APA format. Submit your paper to Turnitin.com and attach a copy of your results. Category: 1 point 0 points Total points: Summarize article 1-2 paragraph Did not include 1-2 summary of article paragraph summary included of article Etiology Etiology included Etiology was not included Clinical Clinical Clinical manifestations manifestations manifestations were included not included Diagnostics Diagnostics included Diagnostics was not included Appropriate medical Appropriate medical Appropriate medical management management management was included not included Nursing Nursing Nursing Interventions and Interventions Interventions were Care included not included Patient Teaching On the prevention of sepsis/septic shock Patient teaching included Patient teaching was not included Explain why sepsis/septic shock is the leading cause of death in noncoronary ICU patients Explained why sepsis/septic shock is the leading cause of death in noncoronary ICU patients Discussed how sepsis leads to multi-organ failure Did not explain why sepsis/septic shock is the leading cause of death in noncoronary ICU patients Did not discuss how sepsis leads to multi-organ failure Discuss how sepsis leads to multi-organ failure 4 Title Page Reference Page Attach article No more than 2 spelling errors Correct subject/verb agreement Correct sentence structure General layout of paper Paper length Assignment submitted on time Turnitin.com Turnitin.com results Included title page per directions Reference page submitted, 3 current references within 5 years using APA format Article submitted Included 2 or less spelling errors No errors in subject verb agreement No errors in sentence structure Used Word document, Arial or Times New Roman, size 12 font, followed APA format Paper was 2-3 pages in length Assignment submitted by due date Submitted paper to Turnitin.com and provided results Should be 15% or less Did not include title page per directions Reference page was not submitted, 3 references not within 5 years, did not use APA format Did not include article More than 2 spelling errors Errors in subject/verb agreement Errors in sentence structure Did not us Word document, Arial or Times New Roman, size 12 font, did not follow APA format Paper was less than 2 pages or greater than 3 pages Assignment not submitted on time Did not submit paper to Turnitin.com and / or attach the results More than 15% Total Points __________/20 Pass or Fail ****A score of 16 of 20 points will be considered satisfactory for this assignment …